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Greetings from Outside the Inside
Greetings from Outside the Inside
Edited by Lukáš Beneš
VA Benes

Nominator:

Designer: Pamela Campagna+ Thomas 'omi' Scheiderbauer

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Crime Square
Crime Square
Robert J Randisi
Vantage Point Books

Nominator: Victor Mingovits

Designer: Victor Mingovits
Art Director: Victor Mingovits
Design Firm: Mingovits Design

Submitted into 50 Covers


Hope's Road
Hope's Road
William Wells
Vantage Point Books

Nominator: Victor Mingovits

Designer: Victor Mingovits
Art Director: Victor Mingovits
Design Firm: Mingovits Design

Submitted into 50 Covers


Love, Christopher Street: Reflections of New York City
Love, Christopher Street: Reflections of New York City
edited by Thomas Keith
Vantage Point Books

Nominator: Victor Mingovits

Designer: Victor Mingovits
Art Director: Victor Mingovits
Design Firm: Mingovits Design

Submitted into 50 Covers


The Spinoza Problem
The Spinoza Problem
Irvin D. Yalom
Vellant

Nominator: Mihai Nadolu

Designer: Mihai Nadolu
Art Director: Mihai Nadolu
Design Firm: Griffon&Swans

Submitted into 50 Covers


Le Corbusier. Furniture and Interiors 1905-1965
Le Corbusier. Furniture and Interiors 1905-1965
Arthur Ruegg and Klaus Spechtenhauser
Verlag Scheidegger and Spiess

Nominator:

Designer: Guido Widmer

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Darwin: Portrait of a Genius
Darwin: Portrait of a Genius
Paul Johnson
Viking

Nominator: Sara Wood

Designer: Jim Tierney
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Submitted into 50 Covers


Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Philip Pullman
Viking/Penguin

Nominator: Alison Forner

Designer: Alison Forner
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Submitted into 50 Covers


May We Be Forgiven
May We Be Forgiven
A. M. Homes
Viking/Penguin

Nominator: Alison Forner

Designer: Alison Forner
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Submitted into 50 Covers


Architectural composition
Architectural composition
Marius Saliamoras
Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts Publishing House

Nominator: Ausra Lisauskiene

Designer: Ausra Lisauskiene
Art Director: Ausra Lisauskiene
Design Firm: Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts
Other Credits: The textbook is intended for students of architecture, landscape architecture, design and all those are interested in art and lows of composition.

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


+1000 oC
+1000 oC
Jurgita Ludaviciene
Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts Publishing House ( Lithuania )

Nominator: Ausra Lisauskiene

Designer: Ausra Lisauskiene
Art Director: Ausra Lisauskiene
Design Firm: Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts
Other Credits: At the book is presented a short 80 years history of Ceramics Department at Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts. The book is illustrated with pictures, made by authors.Clay stories are extremely eloquent, and they are narrated with patience, inspiration and fantasy.

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Nicholas Blake series
Nicholas Blake series
Nicholas Blake
Vintage

Nominator: La Boca Ltd

Designer: Scot Bendall, Richard Carey
Art Director: Scot Bendall
Design Firm: La Boca Ltd

Submitted into 50 Covers


As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
Vintage Publishing

Nominator: Matt Nieblas

Designer: Matt Nieblas
Art Director: Matt Nieblas
Design Firm: Nieblas Design

Submitted into 50 Covers


Kapow!
Kapow!
Adam Thirlwell
Visual Editions

Nominator:

Designer: Studio Firth

Submitted into 50 Books
Submitted into 50 Covers


Get in the Game
Get in the Game
Matt Crevin
Voice of the Box

Nominator: Jon Knight

Designer: Jon Knight
Art Director: Jon Knight
Design Firm: Sound Design Solutions

Submitted into 50 Covers





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